AN: Ok this wasn't the new story I was planning on making but sudden inspiration made me write this first chapter instead of the first chapter to my real other story. Hope you like, please R&R!
Condemn Me for Eternity
Chapter 1 - Rough Start
"Hey are you going to my party tonight?"
"Sorry, can't. I'm busy."
Eri rested her head on her hand. "What now? You never have free time anymore Kagome."
"Working and than I have to study for a math test," I said sighing, "After all that I think I'll probably just want to put my legs up on something and lay back to watch a sitcom or a movie. . .or something like that."
"Yeah I almost forgot that you moved into an apartment. Is the rent still killer?" Yuka asked taking a bite out of some bread-sandwich-thing that she had probably bought at the cafeteria due to its lack of identity.
I nodded. No use denying it, I was barely able to keep up my rental payments with my job and I really didn't feel like going back home to my mother, brother, and grandpa. They have enough money problems as it is.
"Kagome you really need to spend some time out. You can't keep studying and working all the time." Eri said pointing a French fry to my nose.
"I think Kagome needs a good boyfriend to keep her in the land of the living" Ayumi added.
"Look, I don't study and work ALL the time. I just don't have the will to go partying anymore. I really need to get these last credits in good grades or else I'll never get into a university! I don't want to keep my dead end job for the rest of my life. I also don't need a boyfriend Ayumi, maybe after I graduate or maybe even never. It's a waste of time."
"You've been saying that ever since you started high school! Listen, you really need to loosen up again so after you finish work I want you to promise that you'll come to the party. Meet people and maybe you'll find a guy there to."
I looked at Eri in the eyes and sighed. If I didn't go on my own free will, she would go and drag me over. "Fine but I'm working late tonight so if it's over when I get there you are dead. DEAD!"
"You won't regret it! Some of the hottest guys around are going to be there!" Yuka exclaimed happily.
I glanced at my watch before gathering my stuff and standing up. "I got to go or else I'll be late for my next class. Plus I'm pretty sure if I don't go I'll be failing miserably."
Ayumi laughed "Don't worry about your grades Kagome, don't you remember the time we signed up for that figures class thinking we would just be drawing bowls of fruit?"
"Don't remind me." I mumbled. I REALLY didn't expect to see some guy walk into the class the first day wearing a robe than discarding it to show his. . . 'full potential'. "I'll see you all later!" I sprinted towards a garbage can before heading off to school.
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"Kagome can you grab the next table? I got my hands full making some more coffee."
I rolled my eyes, what was so hard about pouring water into a coffee machine and letting it run until it was done. "Sure." Grabbing a clipboard I headed over to a table with two people sitting in it. "Welcome, can I take your order?"
"A Sprite and a Pepsi please."
"Alright. I'll be right back." I walked over to the cooler grabbing the pops while glaring at Hojo, my co-worker. Instead of pouring the water into the machine he just so happened to pour it on himself making half the costumers laugh. I gave the drinks to the costumers before heading over to the idiot who just stood standing there completely soaked.
Of course, what you plan in your head never comes out they way you want it to. I ended up slipping on some of the water that had spilled on the floor making me slide into the counter and land on my ass. I swore under my breath and walked over to the bathroom to clean myself up.
"Stupid idiot and his stupid problem with holding a stupid jug of water." I mumbled to myself as I was rung the water out of my uniform. I'm going to have to have a talk with my boss after I was dry again. Never EVER make me work with another klutz. I'm bad enough myself.
Suddenly the lights burst and I heard screaming and some crashing from the café. 'Oh, if this is some stupid prank, whoever did it is going to pay! I am not in the mood for a god damn joke right now.' I thought while my eyes adjusted to the dark. I covered my ears when the sound got louder. A few minutes later it stopped I walked towards the door and swung it open expecting to see some guys trying to raid the cashier while laughing their heads off. Instead I found complete darkness and over turned chairs and tables everywhere.
I panicked. If my boss came downstairs from his loft above the café I was going to be fired for sure because of this mess.
Quickly I sprinted to the cashier to make sure that none of the money had been stolen. Halfway there I tripped over what I thought was a chair or table leg. Unfortunately when I sat up and decided to glare at the offending leg it wasn't a wooden one I found.
I bit my lip to keep myself from screaming and I crawled backwards until my back hit the surface of an overturned table. I looked up and saw another body hanging beside my head. I trembled as I examined the body. The skin was wrinkled and looked like it was decaying rapidly from the colours of green and grey it was turning. The eyes were gone and its mouth hung open showing me a disgustingly black tongue hanging out of it.
'What the hell happened!?!,' my mind raced as I began to crawl away again. That was before I heard a noise from where I had come from. It sounded like a very loud scurrying. I kept my eyes in that direction as I slowly continued to crawl away.
'Maybe if I could make it to the door everything would be ok.'
Well that was what I thought before I felt breathing on my back. Screaming I grabbed whatever I could with my hands, which happened to be a salt shaker and a spoon, and threw it at whatever was behind me and made a mad dash towards the door.
The high pitched scream it made when I heard the glass from the salt shaker shatter on it made me run faster. I was almost there when the monster got in front of me. I gave a quick look at it and frowned. It was like a giant spider. I ran between its legs to get to the other side where the door was, scratching my arm against one leg when it moved above me. It stomped around above me making the whole café shake and me duck for cover while I continued to run.
Unfortunately, this time I really did trip and fall over a chair leg and landed on the floor not far from the exit. My arm stung as I struggled to stand up but no sooner did I sit up did I just find the mouth of the spider opening up above me.
I closed my eyes and waited for death. Maybe this was all just a dream, a really, really, really, really, REALLY BAD DREAM! GOD DAMNIT WAKE UP!
That's when a bright light turned on making the spider step back, blinded.
I squinted for my eyes to adjust to seeing light again when I heard the door swing open behind me and some people walk in.
"This is it?" A guy said. I still couldn't see their faces.
"I guess so, I thought it'd be something harder." A female voice said.
"Keh, whatever. Sango get the survivor out of here. I'll finish it off." The first voice spoke again.
"Why not me?" Another male.
"Cause from what I see, the survivor is a girl in a short uniform skirt Miroku."
The light began to flicker and I heard the first man swear when it went out. I could hear the spider regain its senses and I crawled quickly to the door. I heard a loud shout and I was picked up by someone just in time to see the spider crash into where I had been sitting. I was than pushed into the arms of another person.
"Don't worry" the girl said pulling me with her out the door. "Everything is alright."
I heard a loud screech behind us as I was told to sit down in a nearby car. Once I got inside I was out like a light.
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RIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNG
I grabbed my alarm clock off my drawer beside my bed and stuffed it under my pillow. It didn't help much so I just turned it off after a couple of minutes. I got up and walked towards my bathroom door. 'That was some dream' I thought as I stepped inside and looked in the mirror.
I gasped when I saw myself dressed in my work uniform instead of my pajamas which usually consisted of a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. There was a bandage wrapped around my upper right arm. I quickly unraveled the wrapping to see a long cut across my arm. I poked it a bit before hissing and wrapping my arm back up. It really hurt. 'How did I get back to my apartment anyways?' I thought as I quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a long sleeve shirt to cover my wounded arm.
I walked around my apartment for an hour inspecting everything to see if anything was misplaced. I gave up when my phone started ringing. I cautiously picked it up.
"KAGOME WHERE WERE YOU YESTURDAY NIGHT!?!!" I heard Eri scream through my receiver.
"Uh. . ."
"DON'T 'UH' ME! YOU SAID YOU WOULD COME!!!"
"Listen Eri, could you get Ayumi and Yuka than come over here to my apartment. I need some help."
"What for?"
I sighed. "On second thought, don't come here. Just get Ayumi and Yuka than meet me at Phantas Café. That's where I work, remember? I have to check something out."
"You better have a good excuse for not coming when we get there."
I hung up the phone and quickly ran into my room. I stuffed my uniform into a bag and grabbed my keys before heading out. I walked to the elevator but it was going to slow so I opted to run down the staircase instead.
Phanta Café was only 2 blocks away from my apartment so it didn't take long to get there. It also didn't take long for me to realize that I was in need of a new job. The Café was a wreck. Windows were broken and the tables from yesterday didn't even resemble tables now.
I began to walk inside when I heard some talking from within. I walked around the back and used my 'workers' key to get in. I silently padded through the storage room and opened the door slightly to see two people sitting at the counter.
"This place actually had good coffee to," I recognized the voice as the second man from yesterday. What was his name? Mi-something? "Why do they always pick the good places to destory?"
"Well it's not like we had a choice, according to the report the owner of the Café was a Satanist. He was trying to do some kind of ceremony." The woman named Sango I think.
"Oh great, did he die so we don't have to live with his screw-ups again? I miss my coffee."
"Will you shut up about the coffee?! This is serious Miroku!" Ah. . . so his name was Miroku.
"I was being serious! This was where I always got my morning coffee from! Without it I'm nothing!"
"You weren't anything to begin with."
"Ahh but Sango that's mean."
There was silence for a moment before I heard a loud slap. "YOU PERVERT!"
"Ahh. . .but the pain is worth it my love."
"Idiot."
I started to laugh but caught myself. I didn't need to be caught by these weirdoes. They actually believed my boss was a Satanist! He may have been crazy at times but he was not that freaky.
"So where's Inuyasha anyways?"
"Last I saw him he was taking that girl that we saved home. I don't know how he did that though. Afterall, we don't know where she lives."
"I went through her pockets to find a driver's license."
"And that would help how?"
"Well I know her age."
He knows my age?!? What is he, some kind of psycho stalker?!
"Argh, WHY AM I PARTNERED WITH IDIOTS!?"
I heard the door open. "Who you calling an idiot?" It must've been that Inuyasha guy.
"I was just saying. . ."
"Wait a sec Sango, there is someone else here."
I froze. Oh shit how did he know? I mean he did come through the front, not the back so HOW? Than I heard some other talking coming from outside.
"Where is Kagome? Telling us to come meet her and she's not even here!" I heard Eri complain.
"Maybe she decided to take a shower before coming." Ayumi, the ever stupid one.
"But she made it sound like it was important!"
"Well one thing could be that she obviously doesn't have a job anymore. Just look at the Café. It wasn't like this a few days ago when I came." That being Yuka.
"Whatever let's go wait in the store across the street. They sell great clothes."
It was silent again and I began to feel a bit nervous. I tried to slip away and close the door to meet up with Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi but the door squeaked and less than a second later I was met with three pairs of eyes staring at me from my crouch on the ground.
"Uh. . .Hi?" I smiled sheepishly.